How to change desmume name in NDS Emulator

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#1

:anguished:how do you change desmume name in NDS Emulator :anguished:

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#2

What do you mean? Do you want to change the name of the core? :confused:

#3

If Iā€™m not mistaken heā€™s referring to the system name.

On a real DS, in the BIOS menu, you can choose the name or ā€œnicknameā€ of your device. This shows up on numerous games for a myriad of reasons.

I concur with MechWarriorZero in that I too would like to change this if possible. Itā€™s weird seeing the emulatorā€™s name pop up inside the game instead of what you would have named your DS.

That being said, I wonder if itā€™s at all possible? I donā€™t believe there is any way to boot to BIOS or that the Desmemu emu has BIOS support at all.

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#4

Ah! I see :slight_smile:

#5

Search the core with a hex editorā€¦

#6

how do you change the name?

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#7

To elaborate on what I thiink @GeoMan was trying to say; It sounds like in order to edit the name ā€œDESMUMEā€, youā€™d have to open the file ā€œdesmume_libretro.dllā€ in a hex editor, and then alter that property yourself.

So, unless you understand hex editing (I sure donā€™t) then you/we are stuck with ā€œDESMUMEā€ for the forseeable future.

#8

It is not that hard. First you need a hex editor. You can download the free HxD: https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

YOU BACKUP desmume_libretro.dll FIRST!

Then you load it in HxD and search for Desmume. I had a quick look and there are quite a few Desmume entries. You have to experiment by changing one (donā€™t touch anything else or add extra characters). If it doesnā€™t work, delete the core, copy it from your backup and try with the next entry you will find.

Common sense: if you see Desmume.pointer for example it means that it is not what you are looking for. Usually it will be the name desmume between strange characters.

#9

how do I find it under LAKKA?